Tuesday, September 30, 2008

eid..our version.

eid celebration, our version.
gloomy weather.gloomy celebration.
a very very simple eid.
only the two of us.


our raya dishes:

nasi tomato

kari ayam, masak ngan susu.

green beans goreng dengan daging (or daging goreng ngan green beans??)


and our raya cakes:

straight from the packet!made in tesco lagi...haha


pasni nak beraya at barclays to open a bank acc.
then in the afternoon, will go to hendon (tint and ash's house)
looking for malaysian food, hopefully..
:D


p/s: to people out there, enjoy raya while you still can!
maaf zahir dan batin.
from both of us in london.



Monday, September 29, 2008

Eid ul Fitr

Yup. Esok raya.
One (1) day earlier than Malaysia.

First Monday. After registration.

Today is the first Monday after my registration.

Actually we were left in an uncertain state after last week's registration:
-NO timetebles/schedule of the course given.
-NO coursemates found, during the registration.
Except for the three of us : all are Malaysians
1. Dilla from UiTM- Ive known her during my time in KKM Wilayah
2. Kak Hikmah from UIA- my senior in UKM
3. and me. :) --> the 3 of us are doing the same course!
4. and some Bangladeshis doing other dental postgrad course
(they were very2 surprised when we told them that we are given full scholarships by the govt.and more than surprise when we told them that we also have a study leave with full paid salary!-most of them have to sell everything in order to pay for the tuition fees and might have to work part time to support their life here..tetiba terasa beruntung giler dapat jadi rakyat Mesia..Malaysia Boleh!! hehehe)

So, we were left in blurr state for the last few days.
The dean of postgrad studies asked us to be at Dental School at 9am today for further info.

So today, at 845am;
being good Malaysians with govt-scholar-have-to-study-hard spirit, we were already at the in front of the dental school building..dah terpacak kat depan ofis eventhough diorg pun lom masuk opis lagi..after waiting for about 30mins-without anyone bother to help/welcome us, then only the dept secretary came out and told us that:
"you are not suppose to be here today!the course coordinator will only be expecting you to come next Monday!"

bestnyerr!!!!! boleh beraya!hahahaha

punyala excited, jalankaki 30min pun tak rasa penat!!(nak save duit punya pasal,kalau naik bus mau nyer kena 1pound!sambil2 boleh gak exercise..) hehehe

so sampai jer kat bilik,hubby lak cakap :
"I've got good news! the house in Barking is finally ours, we can move in by 2nd of Oct!"

lagi la besttt!!!! dah ada rumah raya!!! eventhough hanya boleh masuk 1 day after raya,tp dah boleh diconsider as rumah raya!

alhamdulillah.rezeki orang yang nak beraya.

nak kuar beli groceries la.
rasa cam nak masak special lak for raya.
i am in raya mood.
raya.raya.raya.
selamat hari raya.
hehehehhe

Sunday, September 28, 2008

dam dam dum..

bunyi mercun! ada orang main mercun la kat depan umah!cam terkagum lak ada mat saleh main mercun..(tp tak sure la motif dia main utk apa) tetiba rasa macam kat mesia lak, ada bunyi2 mercun time2 nak raya nih...even kitorg pernah terjumpa anak mat salleh main mercun bawang kat tepi jalan! glamer giler mercun bawang rupanya! (ermm..sapa taktau mercun bawang mmg confirm la dia nerd!!) hehehehe ingatkan budak2 mesia jer yg main mercun-bodoh-dan-tak-mencabar-lansung tuh, kat sini pun ada jugak rupanya!!

erkk... rasanya kalau kat mesia nih, smua dah berpusu2 balik kampung kot time nih..tetiba terasa nak join the excitement of raya, suasana crowd balik kampung beramai2, involve dlm jem kat hiway/main road ke kampung, terpaksa spend extra hours sbb jalan jem, spend extra hours kat tolls, takdapat sahur sbb kedai makan crowded, boleh makan sedap2 time raya (nasi dagang dgn sate kalo kat teganu, ketupat lemang rendang kalau open house kat kl) etc..etc.etc...(ada org ckp,kalo time nak balik beraya, bau asap bas pun dah wangi!!!hehehehe)

tetiba teringatlak kat anak2 buah kat kampung..sure smua dah slmt sampai.. ermm...rasanya by the time kitorg balik mesia, budak2 nih musti smua dah tak kenal dah kot...takpun dah malu2 kucing ngan kitorg...

husna ngan irfan.. (dahlama tak jumpa irfan,tetiba nampak makin encem and playful lak!)


ermm... this is our sacrifice for the betterment of our future.. (*chewah!*)

p/s: seb baik la dah dapat a few open house invitations utk raya nih..paling koman pun g MSD jer la on first day of raya, lepas solat raya dapat gak makan free.. ada open house raya kat embassy dgn rais yatim on 1st day raya gak pastuh dapat invitation gak g umah intan&ashraf . weekend tuh pulak (5oktober) ada open house MSD dgn open house kak sherry(senior UKM) kat brockley ..

tp rasanya kalau nak elak dr rasa sedih, maybe kitorg g shopping kat oxford street kot (macam menarik idea tuh, sbbnya tak puas shopping petang tadi, ramai giler umat manusia!!).. hahaha



.....tu pun kalau takde kelas laaarrr...... huhu

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Self defence?

I went to Postgraduate Induction programme for Bart's and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry yesterday and was given a Pepper Spray as door gift! The security and school management keep on reminding us of the importance of self defence..

the spray is specially made and given to the students.

For Londoners, East London is the so-called black area with high crime rate- they said it is due to to high population of Blacks/Pakistani/Indians/Arabs in the area.. just wonder,is this one of the way to degrade the image of Muslims in London??prejudice maybe? (as most of the population are Muslims..) Wallahua'lam..

migrate lagi...


Migration and transition period.. still & again!

After 1 week in our small room, we moved out to a larger studio last night, as it is more comfortable, and furnished with built-in kitchen cabinet-complete with cooking utensils,washing machine and bigger fridge...and, we have a 2-seater sofa! (mcm luxury jer rasa dapat duk kat sofa,after 1 week terperap kat plastic chair (tu pun ada 1bijik jer) ngan katil jer...hehehhe)


But we have to pay an extra of 60pounds for this comfortable room.. (which is okay i think- at least boleh masak2 for raya.kalau kat bilik lama, asyik2 makan brahims jer utk bukak posa, takpon masak kat rice cooker...tp serious, rasa mcm dah kurus la skrg nih.. p/s:mean, jgn jeles ekk??hehehe)

our small kitchen.they are using ikea cabinet- which reminds me of ours back home in KL!!I miss my KL house esp my kitchen...huhu

and harinih, 1st day since sampai, dapat makan full balanced meal for iftar complete with kuih lagi...(bagi meraikan migrasi nih, siap buat kuih cik mek molek lagi..dah lama takde kuih moreh..asyik2 makan oreo jer utk moreh..huhu)

ermmm...we have migrated twice since we arrived in london! *sigh* can't wait to settle down!hopefully by nextweek lar... huhuhu

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Alhamdulillah

Alhamdulillah..

1. We've finally managed to book a fully furnished apartment in Barking. it is a nice and modern 1 bedroom apt, on the second floor situated just few minutes away from barking tube station- which will be convenient enough for me to travel to class, (barking nih sebenarnya dah masuk daerah Essex, tapi barking to whitechapel will only takes about 20minutes by tube, and both towns are on the same tube line!). the apt is just few blocks away from barking central- which will be convenient enough for us to shop for groceries (even there are a few halal meat stores available!).... and most importantly, the landlord has agreed to let it to us!*fuh* so, ni la lebih2 kurang bentuknya apt tuh.. (nanti bila dah masuk umah, kitorg upload gambar yg kitorg amik sdr!) yeay yeay dah dapat umah raya! hehehhe

2. I've officially changed my status from a dental surgeon cum trainee lecturer to a student..

ermm but...

as for the apartment, we have to pay 6weeks' rent as deposit, and up front payment of 5months! and not to forget, admin fees and reference fees for the agents!huhu

kat Canary Wharf, lepas bayar duit booking rumah.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The Royal London Hospital


The Royal London ( Bart's and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry) will be my teaching hospital for the next few years. The hospital is situated just a few metres from Queen Mary- Whitechapel campus. Established in the 18th century, it is one of the oldest hospital in London. The building is old but well maintained..( kalau ikutkan, bangunan HUKM/ Hosp Putrajaya confirm lagi lawa& canggih!)

ni la jalan kat depan hospital- tempat Jack the Ripper mengganas dulu2...tp skang nih, jalan nih penuh ngan Pakistani/Arab/Blacks..siap ada flea market lagi. .even ada satu gerai tuh siap pasang kuat2&jual vcd nasyid Raihan (rasa macam pasar minggu hari jumaat kat terengganu )!no wonder Raihan boleh launch album kat Royal Albert Hall- senyap2 jer tak mcm org tuh stkt wat konsert sekali pun dah heboh canang satu Malaysia... :)


They even have a special entrance for any dental emergencies. (kat Malaysia rasanya belum ada lagi kesedaran nak bukak dental emergency dept camnih..)

and this is the QMUL building, where I'll spend the next 2years of my career life. (just 1 block bangunan jer, tp tinggi jugak la, dlm 7-8 tingkat. just behind the Royal London)

Monday, September 22, 2008

Iftar at tint's&ash's.

I have had a great iftar/welcoming party for us yesterday at tint's and ashraf's ( and little chubby akilah) . ermm.... Of course, with the old boys & family - us, alia (ash's sister), leko, joker, faiz& family-(ida & playful handsome fuadi) n gabai&family-( wani and cute little haidar).. I made new friends at their house ( at last I 've got malaysian friends in london, who are not dentists!hehehe)..

tint lavished us with endless flow of malaysian food, with the main menu of ayam tandoori and nasi minyak. Even the boys had to help us in the kitchen!hahaha Ida (faiz's wife) even made kuih bingka ubi for the iftar! (uisk... nih kalau kat kl pun susah nak cari! kat terengganu org tua2 je yg tau buat!) Kudos to them all!

All in all, thanks guys for the welcoming party/iftar! Insya Allah we will invite u guys to our house soon! (maybe for house warming party & raya open house?)...

sorry, no photo available.still waiting for them to upload pic in facebook..

The House Hunting

The house hunting begins... endless of web surfing, endless of phone calls, stuck in our small room.. but to no avail (yet)! *sigh*
luckily its just the 2 of us, i am sure we can survive.. (bahaya gak kamikaze cam nih,esp to those yg ada babies.. huhu) some of the agents are quite strict, they need financial affidavit/guarantee, and some of them even refused to let to students!hello!eventhough we are foreigners, but we are on government sponsors!much better than DSS!we are much much better!!*sigh*

we have got a few appointments with the agents for house viewing for the next few days. so, wish us luck!

kalo tensen2 cari umah, musti jenguk kepala tgk view nih.tak lawa lansung!

Sunday, September 21, 2008

second day..

Haven't seen the'real' London yet! (not even the tubes!hehehe) no worries, as I still have 3 more years to recce london & UK. We were stucked in my small room, in front of our laptops doing house hunting! Made several calls to the agents, but to no avail! *sigh* hopefully by next week we can settle down!
small room.but nice warm bed.

Our beloved friends - tint and ash invited us to melur restaurant for iftar with the old boys, but we were in no mood to go out..just went around the nearby groceries store in the morning looking for halal food.luckily everything is within walking distance from our small apartment.

this is 'studio apt' in London!

As for today, we have another iftar invitation by tint to their house (of course, iftar with the old boys again!!!thay called themselves batch 95 chapter uk/eire!). It'll be our first outing to London and our first ride using the tubes..(jakun sioot!!) And as for now, we are busy surfing the internet for directions to their house! *sigh* we really need GPS phone! no GPS on hubby's iphone!i repeat, no GPS on iphone!!! (tak canggih mana la nampaknya...hehehhe)

Friday, September 19, 2008

.......and my journey begins.........

I have had a very very busy and challenging week last week, emotionally and physically. So many significant things happened in my life during our last few days in Malaysia ;

1. I went to KB as my mother in law undergone total hysterectomy, 5 days before my flight to London.
2. I had a terrible experience during my flight from KB-KL. My flight was scheduled to be at 4.50pm but they cancelled the flight last minute,without informing us- at 7.00pm!I have to broke fast in the airport alone, at the only airport restaurant available- KFC! Had to queue for nearly 1 hour for the food!No apologies from the staff, but they only gave us a KFC coupon!No, not Airasia but on the so-called the best cabin crew in the world for the past consequent years!A few passengers even had verbal fight with the staff!So I cancelled my flight, went back to the hospital to visit my mother in law, went to in law's house at 1 am and only be back to KL the next morning.
3. I did all my packings last minutely, as I was back from KB 2 days prior to departure..
4. We had excess baggage of 12 kgs! Luckily the counter staff helped us (but we were nearly charged with RM1k for excess weight!!Thanks, Allah help us..)


tengah kalut repack barang, buang apa yg patut..takut kena caj RM1ribu++ punya pasal..

....and finally, at 1140pm 18th September 2008 I flew to London! And my journey to the foreign land to achieve my dreams begins...(ni mmg betol2 kamikaze nih, sbbnyer umah sewa pun takder lagi,taktau pun lagi plan nak duk area mana...hehehhe)

Alhamdulillah everything went smoothly..
1.The immigration didnt even bother to check our luggage, health clearance forms and x-rays!Rugi lak, kalau tau camnih,buleh bawak serunding etc..takde rezeki la nih...huhu
2. We had a cab waiting for us at the airport-thanks to Intan& Ashraf.
3. It was 8 degrees celcius that morning when we arrived.. tp aku ngan selambernya kuar ke parking lot dengan blouse nipis+jeans...dalam kalut2 tak sempat lak nak amik sweater!seb baik tak freezing..hehehehe
4.Even Harun- the landlord of our service apartment is a nice person. Yup, he is a Muslim. He even brought us to a transit small room to rest while waiting for the check-in time (which is at 2pm)..
kat transition room- muka tgh tensen tunggu waktu check in..

5. So far ramai giler Muslim kat area nih, kedai halal berlambak.Even ada masjid besar lagi + siap diorg pasang kaset mengaji kuat2 lagi mcm kat Teganu lak (even kat KL pun susah nak cari!)
6.and in the afternoon, the weather was sunny and slightly hot..(my husband even complaint of not having aircond in the room!)

...but I think I had a terrible jet lag- I slept throughout the whole evening yesterday- I slept at 500pm and only woke up at 1130pm just now..skang ni dah tak ngantuk... (skang nih dlm kul 12midnite, tp kat Mesia dlm kul 700 am-time aku slalu kuar p keja..)huhu....

so plan pasnih, esok pagi plan nak g house hunting dgn beli groceries.. nak settle down cepat2.tak larat dah nih, td pun makan nasik + brahims jer.tu pun seb baik bwk dr Mesia..huhuhu

apapun,nanti aku update + upload gambar...

Thursday, September 11, 2008

10th September 2008

Too many things happened today..

1. it was my beloved birthday- his new entrance to the world of thirties...
2. Went to celebrate his birthday in KLIA. I ate a lot! :D
3. I made stupid things- I bring RM40K in cash in my handbag!then had the gut to loiter around KL Sentral and Plaza Sentral looking for Bureau de Change...
4. I made my first travellers cheque this morning..
5. I wont be in the office since today for the next 2-3 years.
6. A student gave me a farewell present this morning...
( it was a personal gift,cam tak sangka lak ada peminat... jgn jeles ek.... hehhehe)
7. At last, I managed to book a service apartment in London for nextweek just now!
8. .........!!!*sigh*


...I'm in the mixed-feeling mode!..don't feel like goin' either...

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

the MEANIE tag..

Telah di tag oleh min the meanie.. huargharharhar... okay,alang2 tgh2 buhsan+pening nih, meh nak jawab..

SOALAN DIA: State 15 weird things/ habits/ little known facts about yourself.

Then ada requirement lak..
REQUIREMENT DIA: The 10 people I tag are to then to follow my footsteps and write their own 15 weird things/habits and little known facts.
(tp takleh la... sbb kengkawan blogger tak sampai pon 10 org daaa-tu pun smua dah di tag..)

nih la lebih kurang jwpn nyer...(not in chronological order)
so,I would like to reveal the 15 weird things/ habits/ little known facts about me............

1. aku paling tak suka mengemas.. (proof: leh tgk bukti kat meja opis..)
2. aku lagi suka masak sbb lepas tuh boleh makan... hehehhe
3. aku suka explore & try restoran baru/makanan baru.. (tgk body la wei...hehehhe)
4. aku suka cozy area/house.. best nak lepak2 makan2 tido2 borak2...
5. aku bercita2 nak jadik housewife sesambil wat part time locum bila time rasa bosan.. lom tercapai lagi impian.. (mcm makin jauh jer dr impian...dah ada bond ngan gomen+akan makin bertambah lagi lepas nih..huhu)
6.lagi suka main internet dr tgk tv kalo kat umah..sbbnya kat living area takder aircond, kalo main internet leh duk dlm bilik yg ada aircond...hehehe (im a couch potato..)
7. aku nih anti sosial.sungguh anti sosial.kera sumbang.
8. suka duk kat opis USIM.so enjoyable, ramai kwn yg bleh join wat 'jahat'..
9. sbnrnya tak byk sgt kerja kat opis, tp saja buat2 bizi jer yg lebih...hehehhe
(kalo tak,musti akan dapat timbunan kerja baru...hehehe)
10.tensen gak time duk kat kkm dulu..byk sgt kerja/patients.penat.kurang rehat.kurang borak.kurang enjoy my working life.takde kawan.
(kawan pun kena kawan ngan makcik2 yg dah pencen..but kkm matures me..)
11.aku org terengganu ,bukan klate.
(ramai org silap..apa?kalau nama wan smua asal klate ker??)

12. dulu2 family paksa amik dentistry.tp seb baik ngam soi ngan jiwa dan raga.tp at last jadi cikgu gak...hehehehe
13. sgt suka baca english novel,esp chic lit, ngan romance, tp lately jadi gila baca novel jiwang melayu lak... (malu gak nak ngaku kuikuikui)
14. i am tone deaf! tak pandai nyanyi.tatau any lagu pun,stkt dgr kat radio sbb bosan driving jer..

tapikan...
15.aku rasa susah giler nak cari 15 benda yg tag nih nak.. berasap kepala pikir...lenkali bg la soalan senang2 sket...hehehhe

Monday, September 8, 2008

I'm a BloGgeR..

Somebody love my blog! I love yours too! thanks kak kin!


Sunday, September 7, 2008

down the memory lane..

life was so simple back then. the pic was taken in the year of 1980. she was just a year old, driving her dream car.. ;)

Saturday, September 6, 2008

fening...

*sigh*... just few more days left.. tetiba jer rasa cam takmo gi lak...too many things to do, too many things to think of, but too little time is left! the main problem, is finding an accomodation in london! then I've to settle everything at home- sell the car,terminate the phone line,settle the bills, inform the neighbours-hopefully they will help looking after of the house.., CLEAN the house,shopping for goods to bring, post the books and think of ways to manage hutang2 kat mesia nanti.. and in the office- try to settle everything, hand-over unsettled work(so far tatau nak handover kat sapa lagi...) and rearrange timetable and visiting lecturers for the upcoming semester...*sigh*


kemas umah ker sepah kan umah?? dah mcm tongkang pecah (agaknya tongkang pun bleh kalah!)...hehehehe ( obviously, we are not allowing any guests coming for the time being)
now we are in the process of preserving our 'assets' in our own way -we packed our books in plastic bags and cling wrap, then keep it inside a box..(sayang woo, duit gaji tetiap bulan habis kat buku jer..)..*sigh*dahla byk giler buku, kat gambar tuh pun baru dlm 1/5 jer kot.. mati la camni... huhu

I AM TOTALLY EXHAUSTED!



Thursday, September 4, 2008

yippiey!

I've managed to get my unrecorded leave!

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

gambar curi

Kidnapped this photo from mean.. Taken in the month of June 2008. (mean, sori, cant resist this lovely photo). We were energetic, lively and full of excitement..
(maklumla takder kerja sgt pun..tetiap hari kerja cari tmpt for lunch+ shopping!!) :D